Education, advocacy, and community stories from NC Pet Project.
The best way to help feral cats is Trap-Neuter-Return: humanely trap them, get them spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and return them…
Read articleOnline pet scams are not a rare horror story. The Better Business Bureau’s Scam Tracker logged 2,278 pet-scam reports in 2024 with…
Read articleAmericans gave a record $21.57 billion to environment and animal organizations in 2024, the most ever (Giving USA 2025). That’s a lot…
Read articleNorth Carolina euthanizes more than 20,000 shelter animals every year, a 27% kill rate that runs more than three times the national…
Read articleA spay at a private NC vet averages $455. State and nonprofit programs cut it to $20-$150. The 2026 county-by-county NC low-cost…
Read articleNC is one of five states accounting for about half of all US shelter deaths. Best Friends 2025 state rankings: NC is…
Read articleNC has the funding mechanism. Community cats are not eligible. Here is the fiscal case for a state-funded TNR program and the…
Read articleNorth Carolina law requires a dealer registration only for operations producing offspring from more than five female dogs or cats per year.…
Read articleResearch by the Congressional Management Foundation found that fewer than 50 personalized messages were enough to prompt 70% of legislative offices to…
Read articleFor every $1 New Hampshire spent on its state spay/neuter fund, the state saved $3.15 in reduced shelter intake and euthanasia costs…
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